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Harmonica Club event leads to marriage proposal

The Harmonica Club of Huntington is fresh off of its HarmoniCollege last weekend.

That event was so successful that they even had a wedding proposal as Danny G, one of the veteran harpers proposed marriage to his long-time girlfriend Lynette.

The blues harpers will be keeping busy this weekend as well, as Jim Rumbaugh and his crew will be playing a whole slew of train songs, "Hold That Train," "Freight Train," "Wreck of the Old 97," and more at the seventh annual National Train Day set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Heritage Station, 210 11th St.

The club plays from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

That event is free and open to the public.

Washboardin' the blues

Speaking of some blues, good news for fans of that washboard-rubbing, nasty-blues-sliding couple, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band. The band will be rolling back from Florida where it is playing this weekend and to the Ohio River next week where they'll stop in at Huntington's V Club, 741 6th Ave., on Friday, May 9 before rolling west to Owensboro, Ky., (home to the famous Moonlite BBQ) for its big BBQ Festival.

The V show is $10 advance to see the band that's booked at DelFest and that has played a slew of fests in the past including Bonnaroo.

Spin shall be released

In the new CD bin, or at least digitally released this week, at noon Friday, May 2, popular Huntington DJ iLLSpin is releasing a new mixtape "Smooth Rap: Tweez."

Starting at noon today, you can download the mixtape for free at www.datpiff.com and you can link up with iLLSpin on Twitter and Instagram @TweezMrNutty @DJillSpin.

The mixtape has a slew of guests and is executive produced by the Morris Brothers, who have produced for Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Gun Play, Yo Gotti, and more.

We Are ... lost trailers

Marshall University graduate and West Virginia native Jimmy Lykens is an absolute beast on bass guitar and so it was no surprise that after he moved to Nash Vegas a few years ago that he got swept up as the bassist for The Lost Trailers.

News from TLT is that they are joining forces with CMT's music discovery platform CMT Artists this summer to give fans nationwide an exclusive multi-media experience on the group's forthcoming 2014 Tour.

Fans will have the chance to appear in a music video at every tour date and showcase their hometowns. These unique videos will be live on The Lost Trailers exclusive site on Artists. CMT and on the CMT Artists App.

At every tour stop, The Lost Trailers' show will be filmed with state-of-the-art video production highlighting the night's crowd. An interactive "Fan-Filmed" area will also be on-site to collect footage captured from fans, including content that showcases the local community, the before-during-and-after experiences around the show and local up-and-coming acts. The footage will be combined to create a new music video for every show.

Discovered by Willie Nelson, The Lost Trailers have delivered five Top 40 singles including the breakout Top 10, Gold-certified anthem "Holler Back."

Kicking it with Willlie

Speaking of Nelson, it's been a heck of a week for Willie. He turned 81, was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame by a fellow Texan Matthew McConaughey, and was awarded his fifth-degree black belt.

So, yeah, don't go messin' with Texas or Willie's stash.

We're stoked our ace music freelancer Derek Halsey has already interviewed Willie's killer harmonica player Mickey Raphael for a story to run next week that advances Willie Nelson and Family and Alison Krauss and Union Station at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena on Mother's Day, May 11.

Interestingly, because of "an unforeseen and urgent health concern that requires immediate attention," Alison Krauss & Union Station have been forced to reschedule, and unfortunately, cancel seven select shows on their upcoming tour with Willie" but thankfully Huntington is not impacted.

While the AKUS is on the mend, you might want to check out Willie's new CD, "To All the Other Girls," which is an amazing collection of duets with some of music's greatest female singers including Norah Jones, and Kentucky ladies, Wynonna Judd and Loretta Lynn.

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